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Prince of the Punks [Live] chords by The Kinks

  • G

  • D

  • F

  • C

  • A

  • Asus4

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Intro 1
(G major) (D major) (G major)
(D major) (G major) (F major) (C major) (D major)
(G major) (D major)
(C major)
(D major) (C major)
Verse 1
(D major) A (C major)
(D major) (C major) well
(G major) known groover, rock 'n' roll user,
Wanted to be a star. (D major)
But (G major) he failed the blues,
and he's back to loser,
Playing folk in a country bar.
(D major)

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Verse 2
(A major)
Reggae music (C major) didn't seem
to (G major) satisfy (A major) his needs.
He couldn't handle (C major) modern jazz,
'Cause (G major) they play it in difficult (A major) keys.
(C major) But now he's found a music
he can (G major) call his own, (D major)
(A major) Some people call it (C major) junk,
but he don't (G major) care,
He's found a home.
(A major) (Asus4) (A major) (G major)
Verse 3
He's the prince (D major) of the punks
and he's finally made it,
Thinks he looks cool but his act is dated.
(G major) He acts working class but
it's all bologna,
He's (D major) really middle class and
he's just a phony.
He act (F major) s tough but it's just (C major) a front,
He's the prince of the punks.
(D major)
Interlude 1
(C major)
(D major) (C major)
Verse 4
He's the prince (D major) of the punks
and he's finally made it,
(C major) Thinks he looks cool but his
act is dated.
(D major) (C major)
Verse 5
He tried (G major) to be gay, but it didn't pay,
So he bought a motorbike in (D major) stead.
He failed (G major) at funk,
so he became a punk,
'Cause he thought he'd
make a little more bread.
(D major)
Verse 6
He's (A major) been through all of (C major) the changes,
From (G major) rock opera to (A major) Mantovani.
Now he wears (C major) a swastika band
And (G major) leather boots up past (A major) his knees.
(C major) He's
Verse 7
much too old for twenty- eight,
But he thinks (G major) he's seventeen, (D major) (A major)
He thinks he's (C major) a stud,
But I think he (G major) looks more like
a queen.
(A major) (Asus4) (A major) (G major)
Verse 8
He's the prince (D major) of the punks
and he's finally made it,
Thinks he looks cool but his act is dated.
He talks (G major) like a Cockney but
it's all bologna,
He's (D major) really middle class and
he's just a phony.
He act (F major) s tough but it's
just (C major) a front.
Interlude 2
(D major)
(C major) (D major)
(C major)
Verse 9
He's the (D major) prince of the punks
and he's finally made it,
Think (C major) s he looks cool but
his act is dated.
He acts (D major) working class but it's all bologna,
Outro 1
(C major) (D major)
(C major) (D major)
(C major) (D major)
(C major) (D major)
(C major) (D major)
(C major) (D major)
(C major)
(C major)
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